Intel chief: Russia sought to influence Americans but did not compromise midterm elections

The Russians didn't need to take actions that prevented voting, changed vote counts, or disrupted the ability to tally votes, because they could depend on republicans to do that.

https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/422540-intel-chief-russia-sought-to-influence-americans-but-did-not-compromise

By Jacqueline Thomsen - 12/21/18

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said Friday that Russia launched influence campaigns but did not directly interfere with any voting systems in last month’s midterm elections.

Coats said in a statement that Russia and other actors like China and Iran "conducted influence activities and messaging campaigns targeted at the United States to promote their strategic interests."

However, the intelligence community did not find any signs indicating "any compromise of our nation’s election infrastructure that would have prevented voting, changed vote counts, or disrupted the ability to tally votes," according to Coats.

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